Rolls-Royce And Google Partner To Create Smarter, Autonomous Ships Based On AI And Machine Learning

Forbes ^ | October 23, 2017 | Bernard Marr

[2ndDivisionVet]

A new partnership between Rolls-Royce and Google will see ships become smarter and self-learning thanks to advanced machine learning algorithms. It will also bring the company’s vision of a fully autonomous ship setting sail by 2020 a step closer to reality.

Rolls Royce announced this month that it will use Google’s Cloud Machine Learning Engine across a range of applications, designed to both make today’s ships safer and more efficient, and to launch the ships of tomorrow.

Initially the machine learning engine will be used to further train existing AI algorithms designed to power the image recognition systems of vessels. These identify and track objects that can be encountered while a ship is at sea and classify them according to the hazards they may pose.

I put it to KarnoTenovuo that compared to self-driving cars, people might assume that autonomous shipping may be a relatively simple challenge. After all, don’t ships mostly travel in a straight line, and have a lot less traffic to deal with? He was quick to point out my error....

[Pearls Before Swine]

What a prime hacking target these ships will be!

A real challenge

[minnesota_bound]

Many future ship sinkings. Maybe they can do a google search to find the sunken ships.

Would you want a freighter coming in to dock at any port let alone a busy one.

Samples:
Hitting another ship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s84zV2VCgI
Hitting dock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBxaGB65TB8

[BlueLancer]

[M Kehoe]

Dave: Hal?

Hal: Yes Dave.

Dave: Open the bay doors Hal.

Hal: I can’t do that Dave...

5.56mm

[Black Agnes]

Genisys is Skynet!

[American in Israel]

Sea colored tarp over a speed boat, one guy and a laptop named blackbeard...

Liberals deny corruption, and are blind to it all around them as they point fingers at those who have not surrendered to their own flesh.